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Engineering Nerd
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 Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 10:46 am
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Still...I think Rebecca is being way too generous and merciful on her evaluation of AZ's ending.
Yeah, maybe a fitting one for the messy pacing overall, but still...
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CocoaBase
Joined: 22 Apr 2016
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 11:24 am
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Yep they just had to invalidate the entire two seasons with the last two making everything a complete waste of time. How this can get a passing when a merely subpar sequel to an equally subpar show gets an 'F' I couldn't tell you so I'm just gonna leave it as Rebecca being Rebecca as always.
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bemused Bohemian
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Location: central Mizzou (Moral Oralville)
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 1:11 pm
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Thank you, Rebecca, for validating why I gave up on this show after episode 8 (it would have been episode 4 but I wanted to be fair). And thank you Aniplex for overpricing these sets (I usually pony up the bucks if I like a series via this outfit) to the point where even a touch of senility wouldn't sway my creaky, dusty old wallet from releasing that shiny new chip-encrusted cc to the light of an A-Z redemption.
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meiam
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 1:38 pm
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Any hard data on how well the series (both season) did in japan? The general response I usually see for it is between average to mediocre but I'm wondering if it did well in japan.
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Notorious_P.I.G.
Joined: 13 Jul 2015
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 1:42 pm
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This is one of the few anime that I hate. The shows characters and plot are just so stupid. You are totally right that this series should have ended at episode 12, to me that would honestly be perfect. Inaho was just such a dumb character. Oh the cool silent type that can make ridiculous leaps of logic to save the day. Him becoming basically a robot in season two is perfectly fitting, matching his robotic personality.
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CocoaBase
Joined: 22 Apr 2016
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 2:56 pm
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| meiam wrote: | | Any hard data on how well the series (both season) did in japan? The general response I usually see for it is between average to mediocre but I'm wondering if it did well in japan. |
http://www.someanithing.com/series-data-quick-view
| Quote: | Aldnoah Zero 8,733
Aldnoah Zero 2nd Season 6,529 |
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shadowxx91
Joined: 20 Sep 2012
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 3:00 pm
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This makes me glad I stopped after season one.
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gedata
Joined: 04 May 2013
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 3:06 pm
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| CocoaBase wrote: | | How this can get a passing when a merely subpar sequel to an equally subpar show gets an 'F' I couldn't tell you so I'm just gonna leave it as Rebecca being Rebecca as always. |
It might have something to do with the said "merely subpar" series you're referring to being reviewed by someone else entirely.
But yess, this was indeed a terrible series.
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cloud8100
Joined: 30 May 2010
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 3:12 pm
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Didn't finish the 1st series. Had no feeling for any of the characters and generally lost interest.
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DuelGundam2099
Joined: 07 Dec 2014
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 11:27 pm
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Wow I don't agree with this review, Aldnoah Zero was actually pretty awesome from start to finish, the ending was perfectly fine to me so I don't know where this idea of it being "rushed" comes from. Also
>overall C
>production values get high scores
Why bother rating animation and music again? This is pretty much A material. I'd call it best of 2014, but Nobunaga The Fool exists so.... Yeah.
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xifeng.hu
Joined: 18 Dec 2014
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 12:12 am
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Personally I didn't really care for the story of Season 2 but I did like Season 1. What kept me watching was the fact that I thought the Martian Kataphrakts were very cool (well I personally thought Saazbaum's mech was the lamest since it was just all the others before combined. It also made it seem stupid how ALL of the other ones had only one special ability while his had three) except for some glaringly obvious design/strategic flaws (I'm looking at you Femianne and Mazuurek). I personally feel that they should have left Orlane's Deucalion's anti-gravity ability for another mech they actually fought since it would actually would be much more versatile than most of the other abilities we see. I would have liked it better if all the characters that "died" in the Season 1 finale actually died since it felt like the writers were just trying to extend the story with Season 2.
Overall I thought Season 2 was a bit of a let down because Inaho was still overpowered and made the rest of the Earth soldiers seem like incompetent idiots and the Martians look like they were "one-trick ponies" (which to be fair they were).
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grooven
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 12:21 am
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This show was decent at the start, starting crumbling after, and shattered into dust in the second half. A terrible waste of my time. That ending was one of the worst I've seen in recent memory. But the build up to it was already bad.
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LightYapper
Joined: 05 Apr 2016
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 1:43 am
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| CocoaBase wrote: |
| meiam wrote: | | Any hard data on how well the series (both season) did in japan? The general response I usually see for it is between average to mediocre but I'm wondering if it did well in japan. |
http://www.someanithing.com/series-data-quick-view
| Quote: | Aldnoah Zero 8,733
Aldnoah Zero 2nd Season 6,529 |
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I hate to admit this, but and some of the mecha design and battle scenes do somehow justify the sales (and why I watch it to begin with).
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dtm42
Joined: 05 Feb 2008
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 5:51 am
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| DuelGundam2099 wrote: | | Why bother rating animation and music again? |
Because some people - actually, a lot of people - do care about those two categories in particular, and want to know specifically how good or bad they are. I'm not such a person but from time to time even I find music and animation grades useful.
| DuelGundam2099 wrote: | | This is pretty much A material. I'd call it best of 2014, but Nobunaga The Fool exists so.... Yeah. |
I would like to believe that you're just kidding with that comment, I really would...
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DuelGundam2099
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:08 am
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| dtm42 wrote: | | I would like to believe that you're just kidding with that comment, I really would... |
Why? Nobunaga The Fool is the best anime of 2014 and it is the second best of the decade only after Aquarion Logos, it his every note it was supposed to, everything was consistent, it took a specific style (in this case theatrical) and executed it amazingly, it was actually serious, there was plenty of action, the production values were top notch, and nobody in the cast did anything bad. In fact the only reason I don't put it in my top ten is because the music was subpar (a historical-based Sci-fi series with thematic tones and you got JAM Project? I like them too, but they just weren't fitting and like everyone they can be hit and miss).
| Quote: | | Because some people - actually, a lot of people - do care about those two categories in particular |
I'd love to meet people other than me that take those seriously, at least ones that don't go "plot and characters are everything".
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